Cuts and abrasions or bruises

Name: Cuts and abrasions or bruises at WMC Steel
Start: 6/13/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019065979 · 6/13/2019 · WMC Steel

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Cuts and abrasions or bruises

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones

Employer

Name: WMC Steel
Location: 18490 Main Street, CONROE, TEXAS, 77385
NAICS: 423510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing finished spools from the stranding machine. As he lifted the spool, the end of the wire got caught on the side of the cradle that supports the spool. He grabbed the wire to dislodge it and was struck on the chest by the wire causing a laceration/contusion. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown